Tag Archives: 2015

Chelsea Wolfe: Abyss

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On August 7, 2015, “Sargent House” label released “Abyss”, the fourth Chelsea Wolfe studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Eimwood Recording Studio” in Dallas, Texas, and was produced by John Congleton.

Personnel:

  • Chelsea Wolfe – vocals, bass, guitar, piano
  • D.H. Phillips – lap steel guitar
  • Mike Sullivan – guitar
  • Ben Chisholm – bass, guitar, keyboards, piano, programming, layout, photography
  • Dylan Fujioka – drums
  • Ezra Buchla – vocals, viola
  • John Congleton – engineer
  • Henrik Uldalen – cover art, paintings

Track listing:

All tracks by Chelsea Wolfe, except where noted.

  1. Carrion Flowers
  2. Iron Moon – Chelsea Wolfe, Karlos Rene Ayala
  3. Dragged Out
  4. Maw
  5. Grey Days
  6. After the Fall
  7. Crazy Love
  8. Simple Death
  9. Survive
  10. Color of Blood – Jesse K. Phillips
  11. The Abyss

Blues Pills: Lady In Gold

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On August 5, 2016, “Nuclear Blast” label released “Lady in Gold”, the second Blues Pills studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, and was produced by Don Alsterberg.

Personnel:

  • Elin Larsson – vocals
  • Dorian Sorriaux – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Zach Anderson – bass
  • André Kvarnström – drums
  • Tobias Winterkorn – mellotron
  • Rickard Nygren – organ
  • Per Larsson – piano
  • Carl Lindvall, Elin Larsson, Ellinor Svensson, Sofie Lee Johansson – choir (Voodoo Chor)
  • Don Alsterberg – xylophone
  • Francis Rencoret – vocal arrangements
  • Don Alsterberg – recording, mixing
  • Hans Olsson Brookes – mastering
  • Marijke Koger-Dunham –design
  • Kiryk Drewinski – logo design, layout, typography
  • John McMurtrie – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Zach Anderson and Elin Larsson except where noted, all music by Elin Larsson, Dorian Sorriaux, Zach Anderson and André Kvarnström, except where noted.

  1. Lady in Gold
  2. Little Boy Preacher
  3. Burned Out
  4. I Felt a Change – lyrics by Elin Larsson
  5. Gone So Long
  6. Bad Talkers
  7. You Gotta Try
  8. Won’t Go Back
  9. Rejections
  10. Elements and Things – lyrics and music Tony Joe White

Buddy Guy: Born To Play Guitar

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On July 31, 2015, “RCA” label released “Born to Play Guitar”, the 17th Buddy Guy studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Tom Hambridge. In 2016, the album won the “Grammy Award” for “Best Blues Album”.

Personnel:

  • Buddy Guy – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Billy Gibbons – vocals, guitar
  • Joss Stone – vocals
  • Van Morrison – vocals
  • Doyle Bramhall II – 12 string acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Rob McNelley – electric guitar, resonator guitar, slide guitar
  • Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
  • Bob Britt – electric guitar, resonator guitar
  • Reese Wynans – clavinet, Hammond B3, grand piano, upright piano, Wurlitzer
  • Kevin McKendree – African piano, Hammond B3, piano
  • Rob McKendree – clavinet
  • Kim Wilson – harmonica
  • Billy Cox – electric bass
  • Glenn Worf – electric bass, upright bass
  • Michael Rhodes – acoustic bass, electric bass
  • Tommy Macdonald – electric bass
  • Tom Hambridge – drums, percussion, tambourine, triangle, wind chimes, backing vocals, mixing
  • Chris Carmichael – strings, string arrangements
  • The McCrary Sisters – backing vocals
  • Ducky Carlisle – engineer, mixing
  • Michael Saint-Leon – engineer
  • Jonathan Joseph – engineer
  • Nathan James – engineer
  • Roger Seibel – mastering
  • Seth Morton – engineer assistant
  • Erwin Gorostiza – creative director
  • Tommy Macdonald – production assistant
  • Gilbert Garza – guitar technician
  • Josh Cheuse – art direction, design, photography
  • Bradley Cook – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Born to Play Guitar – Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge
  2. Wear You Out – Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson
  3. Back Up Mama – Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge
  4. Too Late – Charles Brown, Willie Dixon, John Phillips
  5. Whiskey, Beer & Wine – Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge
  6. Kiss Me Quick – Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge
  7. Crying Out of One Eye – Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge
  8. (Baby) You Got What It Takes – Brook Benton, Clyde Otis, Murray Stein
  9. Turn Me Wild – Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge
  10. Crazy World – Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson
  11. Smarter Than I Was – Tom Hambridge
  12. Thick Like Mississippi Mud – Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge
  13. Flesh & Bone (Dedicated to B.B. King) – Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson
  14. Come Back Muddy – Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge

Eleventh Dream Day: Works For Tomorrow

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On July 24, 2015, “Thrill Jockey” label released “Works for Tomorrow”, the 13th Eleventh Dream Day album. It was recorded in 2015, at “The Loft” in Newcastle, “Mayfair Recording Studios” in London.

Personnel:

  • Rick Rizzo – vocals, guitar
  • James Elkington – guitar, piano, organ
  • Mark Greenberg – organ, recording, mixing
  • Douglas McCombs – bass
  • Janet Beveridge Bean – vocals, drums
  • Martin Wenk, Richard Parenti – horns
  • Patrick Klem – mastering
  • T. A. Breen – artwork, design

Track listing:

  1. Vanishing Point
  2. Works for Tomorrow
  3. Cheap Gasoline
  4. Snowblind
  5. Go Tell It
  6. The People’s History
  7. Requiem for 4 Chambers
  8. The Unknowing
  9. Deep Lakes
  10. End with Me

Agusa: Två

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On July 24, 2015, “Kommun 2” label released “Två”, album by Agusa.

Personnel:

  • Mikael Ödesjö – guitar
  • Jonas Berge – organ
  • Jenny Puertas – flute
  • Tobias Petterson – bass
  • Tim Wallander – drums
  • Emil Isaksson – recording
  • Kristian Holmgren – mixing
  • Peter Wallgren – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Gånglåt Från Vintergatan
  2. Kung Bores Dans

Rachel Sermanni: Tied To The Moon

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On July 10, 2015, “Middle of Nowhere Records” label released “Tied to the Moon”, the third Rachel Sermanni album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Colin Macleod.

Personnel:

  • Rachel Sermanni – vocals, guitar
  • Colin Macleod – guitar, pedal steel guitar, mixing
  • Jennifer Austin – voice, piano, organ, fiddle
  • Gordon Skene – bass, cello
  • Louis Linklater Abbott – drums, percussion
  • Jane Hepburn – fiddle
  • Fiona Macleod – voice
  • Nicole Macleod – voice
  • Daniel Ledwell – mixing
  • Little Konzett – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Rachel Sermanni.

  1. Run
  2. Wine Sweet Wine
  3. Old Ladies Lament
  4. I’ve Got a Girl
  5. Don’t Fade
  6. Tractor
  7. Ferryman
  8. Banks are Broken
  9. Begin
  10. This Love

Rich Robinson: Flux

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On June 24, 2016, “Eagle Rock Entertainment” label released “Flux”, the fourth Rich Robinson studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Applehead Recording” in Woodstock, New York, and was produced by Rich Robinson.

Personnel:

  • Rich Robinson – vocals, guitars, bass, percussion
  • Daniella Cotton – vocals
  • John Hogg – vocals
  • Charlie Starr – guitar
  • Danny Mitchell – keyboards
  • Matt Slocum – keyboards
  • Marco Benevento – keyboards
  • Zak Gabbard – bass
  • Joe Magistro – drums, percussion
  • Chris Powell – drums
  • Chris Bittner – engineer, mixing
  • Nelson Hubbard – additional engineering
  • Mike Birnbaum – mixing
  • Chris Athens – mastering
  • John McDermott – direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Rich Robinson.

  1. The Upstairs Land
  2. Shipwreck
  3. The Music That Will Lift Me
  4. Everything’s Alright
  5. Eclipse the Night
  6. Life
  7. Ides of Nowhere
  8. Time to Leave
  9. Astral
  10. For to Give
  11. Which Way Your Wind Blows
  12. Surrender
  13. Sleepwalker

Jenny Hval: Apocalypse, Girl

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On June 9, 2015, “Sacred Bones” label released “Apocalypse, Girl”, the fifth Jenny Hval studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Lasse Marhaug.

Personnel:

  • Jenny Hval – vocals, effects, keyboards, arrangements, recording
  • Håvard Volden – guitar, bass
  • Øystein Moen – synths, mellotron
  • Kyrre Laastad – drums
  • Thor Harris – various mallets, percussion
  • Okkyung Lee – cello
  • Rhodri Davies – harp
  • Lara Myrvoll – beats
  • Syster Alma – sampling
  • Lasse Marhaug – arrangements, recording, mixing
  • Rob Halverson – additional recording
  • Sam Grant – additional recording
  • Marcus Schmickler – mastering
  • Lisbeth Vogler – design
  • Zia Anger – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jenny Hval, except where noted.

  1. Kingsize
  2. Take Care of Yourself
  3. That Battle Is Over
  4. White Underground – Jenny Hval, Lasse Marhaug
  5. Heaven
  6. Why This?
  7. Some Days
  8. Sabbath
  9. Angels and Anaemia
  10. Holy Land – Jenny Hval, Lasse Marhaug

Big Thiefe: Masterpiece

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On May 27, 2016, “Saddle Creek” label released “Masterpiece”, the debut Big Thief studio album. It was recorded in July 2015, on Lake Champlain, in Essex, New York, and was produced by Andrew Sarlo.

Personnel:

  • Adrianne Lenker – vocals, guitar
  • Buck Meek – vocals, lead guitar
  • Max Oleartchik – bass
  • Jason Burger – drums
  • Andrew Sarlo – mixing, inner panel photos
  • James Krivchenia – engineer, additional production
  • Sarah Register – mastering
  • Jadon Ulrich – album design
  • Matteo Spaccarelli – “I like a truck”

Track listing:

All tracks by Adrianne Lenker.

  1. Little Arrow
  2. Masterpiece
  3. Vegas
  4. Real Love
  5. Interstate
  6. Lorraine
  7. Paul
  8. Humans
  9. Velvet Ring
  10. Animals
  11. Randy
  12. Parallels

Chris Stapleton: Traveller

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On May 5, 2015, “Mercury Nashville” label released “Traveller”, the debut Chris Stapleton studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Historic RCA Studio A” and “Blckbird” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton.

Personnel:

  • Chris Stapleton – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin
  • Dave Cobb – acoustic guitar, percussion
  • Robby Turner – pedal steel guitar
  • Michael Webb – Mellotron, organ, piano
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • J.T. Cure – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Derek Mixon – drums, percussion
  • Morgane Stapleton – backing vocals
  • Vance Powell – engineer, mixing
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Drew Long – assistant
  • Ed Spear – assistant
  • Steve Blackmon – assistant
  • Sorrel Brigman – assistant
  • Mary Hooper – design
  • Becky Fluke – photography
  • Shane Stern – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton, except where noted.

  1. Traveller – Chris Stapleton
  2. Fire Away – Danny Green, Chris Stepleton
  3. Tennessee Whiskey – Dean Dillon, Linda Hargrove
  4. Parachute – Chris Stapleton, Jim Beavers
  5. Whiskey and You – Chris Stapleton, Lee Thomas Miller
  6. Nobody to Blame – Chris Stapleton, Barry Bales, Ronnie Bowman
  7. More of You – Chris Stapleton, Ronnie Bowman
  8. When the Stars Come Out – Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson
  9. Daddy Doesn’t Pray Anymore – Chris Stapleton
  10. Might as Well Get Stoned – Chris Stapleton, Jimmy Alan Stewart, Justin McGhee
  11. Was It 26 – Don Sampson
  12. The Devil Named Music – Chris Stapleton
  13. Outlaw State of Mind – Chris Stapleton, Jerry Salley, Ronnie Bowman
  14. Sometimes I Cry – Clint Ingersoll, Chris Stapleton